Tanja Liedtke Foundation
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The Tanja Liedtke Foundation (German
: Tanja Liedtke Stiftung) is a German-based charity supporting Modern and Contemporary Dance. It was established in July 2008 in honour of the dancer and choreographer, Tanja Liedtke
who was killed the year before in a car accident in Sydney, Australia. The Foundation’s purpose is "to support the enrichment and advancement of contemporary dance theatre, and the development of Australian/European artistic connections."
The Tanja Liedtke Foundation is registered as a tax-privileged organization in Stuttgart, Germany as Tanja Liedtke Stiftung accordance with German law.
Additionally, the Tanja Liedtke Gift Fund has been established in Australia as a sub-fund of the Perpetual Foundation Gift Fund. The Tanja Liedtke Gift Fund reflects the vision, aims and priorities of the Tanja Liedtke Foundation.
It was awarded to Anthony Hamilton, Melbourne. He conducted his residency in Berlin where his project "Black Series 1" was received with great enthusiasm.
The 2011 Tanja Liedtke Fellowship was awarded to Katarzyna Sitarz http://www.codarts.nl/01_home_en/03_dans/content/actueel/2010/11/101109-RDA-Katarzyna_Sitarz_wint_beurs_copy.php, a Polish dancer/choreographer with a broad international experience stretching from Holland, Poland, Lithuania, Germany to Poland.http://www.tanja-liedtke-foundation.org/current-projects/fellowship-2011.html She will direct her creative residency at Arts House Melbourne in March 2011 and participate in the development of a new collaboration by Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Tanja Liedtke Stiftung) is a German-based charity supporting Modern and Contemporary Dance. It was established in July 2008 in honour of the dancer and choreographer, Tanja Liedtke
Tanja Liedtke
Tanja Liedtke was a German-born professional dancer. She was most noted as a dancer, choreographer and director of contemporary dance in Australia.- Biography :...
who was killed the year before in a car accident in Sydney, Australia. The Foundation’s purpose is "to support the enrichment and advancement of contemporary dance theatre, and the development of Australian/European artistic connections."
The Tanja Liedtke Foundation is registered as a tax-privileged organization in Stuttgart, Germany as Tanja Liedtke Stiftung accordance with German law.
Additionally, the Tanja Liedtke Gift Fund has been established in Australia as a sub-fund of the Perpetual Foundation Gift Fund. The Tanja Liedtke Gift Fund reflects the vision, aims and priorities of the Tanja Liedtke Foundation.
Fellowship
The inaugural Tanja Liedtke Fellowship was offered, in partnership with Radialsystem V – New Space for the Arts (Berlin), and the contemporary dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests (Berlin), a program of diverse opportunity, challenge and experience to an Australian dancer/choreographer between the ages of 20 and 35 years.It was awarded to Anthony Hamilton, Melbourne. He conducted his residency in Berlin where his project "Black Series 1" was received with great enthusiasm.
The 2011 Tanja Liedtke Fellowship was awarded to Katarzyna Sitarz http://www.codarts.nl/01_home_en/03_dans/content/actueel/2010/11/101109-RDA-Katarzyna_Sitarz_wint_beurs_copy.php, a Polish dancer/choreographer with a broad international experience stretching from Holland, Poland, Lithuania, Germany to Poland.http://www.tanja-liedtke-foundation.org/current-projects/fellowship-2011.html She will direct her creative residency at Arts House Melbourne in March 2011 and participate in the development of a new collaboration by Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin.